A poem written in 1929 by the author's mother was the inspiration for this story. Who has not wondered about old houses as they passed by? Who was the builder? Did he take pride in his work? Were the …
Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the Stock Market and the other was a 13-year drought which turned 100-million acres of the Great Plains …
When nineteen-year-old Alafair Sizemore Slone journeys to Chemame Creek, West Virginia to join her husband, Travis, in the coal camp where he’s working, she carries with her a history of loss and the …
